to correspond (to something)

  • 1correspond — UK US /ˌkɒrɪˈspɒnd/ verb [I] ► COMMUNICATIONS to communicate with someone by letter or email: correspond with sb »There has been some problem in the way insurers are corresponding with customers. ► to match something, or be similar or equal to… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2Correspond — Cor re*spond (k?r r? sp?nd ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Corresponded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corresponding}.] [Pref. cor + respond: cf. f. correspondre.] 1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; followed by with or to;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3correspond — [kôr΄ə spänd′, kär΄ə spänd′] vi. [MFr correspondre < ML correspondere < L com , together + respondere, to RESPOND] 1. to be in agreement (with something); conform ( to something); tally; harmonize 2. to be similar, analogous, or equal, (to… …

    English World dictionary

  • 4correspond */*/ — UK [ˌkɒrɪˈspɒnd] / US [ˌkɔrəˈspɑnd] verb [intransitive] Word forms correspond : present tense I/you/we/they correspond he/she/it corresponds present participle corresponding past tense corresponded past participle corresponded 1) a) to be the… …

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  • 5correspond — cor|re|spond [ ,kɔrə spand ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) to be the same as something else, or very much like it: If their statements correspond, we ll have no trouble. correspond with: The statistics do not correspond with our own experience.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6correspond — cor|re|spond [ˌkɔrıˈspɔnd US ˌko:rıˈspa:nd, ˌka: ] v [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: correspondre, from [i]Medieval Latin, from Latin com ( COM ) + respondere ( RESPOND)] 1.) if two things or ideas correspond, the parts or information in one… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7correspond — [ˌkɒrɪˈspɒnd] verb [I] 1) to be the same as something else, or very similar to something else Unfortunately, their statements did not correspond.[/ex] 2) formal if two people correspond with each other, they regularly write letters to each other …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 8correspond — verb (I) 1 if two things or ideas correspond, the parts or information in one relate to the parts or information in the other: The two halves of the document did not correspond. (+ with/to): The numbers correspond to distinct points on the map. 2 …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9Descartes: methodology — Stephen Gaukroger INTRODUCTION The seventeenth century is often referred to as the century of the Scientific Revolution, a time of fundamental scientific change in which traditional theories were either replaced by new ones or radically… …

    History of philosophy

  • 10Athyra — infobox Book | name = Athyra orig title = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Steven Brust cover artist = country = United States language = English series = The Vlad Taltos novels genre = Fantasy novel publisher = Ace Books …

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